Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his government is planning to invite Russian telecom companies, along with Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE, to develop a nationwide 4G telecommunication network in the country. “I have ordered to make an investment and, together with China’s technologies, Huawei and ZTE technologies and the technologies of Russian companies, bring…
‘No ill will but enormous and enduring gratitude’: May breaks down after resignation address (VIDEO)
British Prime Minister Theresa May gave a heartfelt address on Downing Street lamenting her failure to deliver Brexit despite her best efforts. As she concluded her remarks, her voice wavered and she sharply turned to leave. “The second female Prime Minister but certainly not the last,” May said of her legacy, as she prepares to…
Iran’s Security Council: No talks with US ‘under any circumstances’
Iran will not hold talks with the US “under any circumstances” while the rights of the Islamic republic are not respected, the spokesman of the Supreme National Security Council said on Thursday. Click Here: “We have said clearly… as long as the rights of our nation are not satisfied, as long as words don’t change…
Theresa May wanted to save her legacy despite Brexit chaos, but it was far too late
British PM Theresa May’s name will forever be synonymous with Brexit. Her long-awaited resignation now is a far too late attempt to preserve her own legacy, but there is scarcely anything left to preserve. May’s last-ditch attempt to push her hated Brexit deal through parliament on Tuesday was swiftly met with renewed calls for her…
EU’s Russian interference trail goes cold
Last-ditch efforts by the European intelligence community, politicians and the mainstream media to find the “Russian trail” ahead of the EU parliamentary elections lead to nowhere. They tried. They really tried. For years the European establishment has been sounding the alarm about a seemingly ever-imminent Russian interference campaign in European politics. Accusations against Russian media…
Reality bites: Ukraine’s President Zelensky puts showbiz pals in positions of real power
Volodymyr Zelensky went from playing the Ukrainian President on TV to taking on the job for real. Now he is bringing his showbiz friends into the government, because why not? The show must go on… Before Zelensky was sworn in on Monday, he spent years playing a fictitious president of Ukraine in the popular sitcom,…
Pentagon confirms mulling more troops for Middle East
As US relations with Iran continue to plummet, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan confirmed military planners were weighing a new troop deployment to the Middle East. “What we’re looking at is: Are there things that we can do to enhance force protection in the Middle East?” Shanahan told reporters at the Pentagon Thursday, adding “It…
UN rejects Washington’s call to dismantle agency for Palestinians
The head of the United Nations organization for Palestinian refugees on Thursday rejected a US call to dismantle the agency. UNRWA’s Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl rebuffed the criticism from US envoy Jason Greenblatt during a visit to the Gaza Strip, AFP reported. “I unreservedly reject the accompanying narrative that suggests that somehow UNRWA is to…
Indonesian opposition to challenge presidential election result in court
Defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will lodge a challenge to the result of the April 17 election in the Constitutional Court on Friday after complaining that the vote was rigged, Reuters reported. President Joko Widodo won 55.5 percent of votes to lead the world’s third biggest democracy, beating retired general Prabowo, who got 44.5…
Too slow: Philippines rejects Canada plan to return garbage after dump threat, wants it over NOW
The Philippines rejected Canada’s offer to take back its shipment of garbage by the end of June, ramming the message home that the waste should be returned as soon as possible. Manila had threatened to dump it all at the shore. Ottawa agreed to take back its garbage of discord on Wednesday, promising to pay…